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October 4, 2013

Weekly Update from Film Ontario, October 4, 2013

TORONTO ONTARIO film office - A partnership of the Ontario Media Development Corporation, City of Toronto and FilmOntario. WEEKLY UPDATE October 4, 2013
from Kelly Graham-Scherer, Los Angeles Representative - torontoontariofilm@gmail.com

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Why He Made Tom Sherak Film Czar
With a potential boost to California's production tax incentives on the table, it's now evident that Los Angeles's new film czar will have his work cut out for him. As detailed in the Hollywood Reporter below, Mayor Eric Garcetti admits that newly-appointed industry lobbyist Tom Sherak will face an uphill battle convincing lawmakers in Sacramento that additional tax credit money is needed.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-why-639890

Breaking Up With ‘Breaking Bad’ Is Hard for Albuquerque
The competition for film and television production business will continue to be fierce as long as it continues to be so lucrative for the communities that attract it. The New York Times this week published an engaging feature about what Breaking Bad has meant to Albuquerque, New Mexico and how the future is now uncertain for so many of the local businesses that have come to rely upon the blockbuster hit, which wrapped five years of shooting there in April.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/business/breaking-up-with-breaking-bad-is-hard-for-albuquerque.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Executive Firings: What's Behind Hollywood's Season of the Witch Hunt (Analysis)
The news out of Paramount is just the latest in a series of studio shakeups that have gripped this town over the last few months. The Hollywood Reporter this week took an in-depth look at the rash of executive firings, noting that thanks to "skyrocketing costs and a sea change in how people consume entertainment, a sense of panic seems to have enveloped corporate CEOs, financiers and shareholders".
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/executive-firings-whats-behind-hollywoods-639914